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List of Gods : "Alis" - 55 records
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"Damocles' Sword"		 Greek evil foreboded or dreaded. Damocles, the sycophant of Dionysius the elder, of Syracuse, was invited by the tyrant to try the felicity he so much envied. Accordingly he was set down to a sumptuous banquet, but overhead was a sword suspended by a hair. Damocles was afraid to stir, and the banquet was a tantalising torment to him. Related by Cicero
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"Eme'mqut"		 Koryak Animistic spirit with cannibalistic tendencies. Koryak
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"Geb"		 Egypt God of the earth. He is also a Patron of herbalism. Egypt
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"Grainne"		 Ireland / Scotland / Manx Master herbalist and Goddess of the Sun. Ireland / Scotland / Manx
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"Hariti"		 Buddhist Goddess for the protection of children, easy delivery, happy child rearing and parenting, harmony between husband and wife, love, and the well-being and safety of the family. Women without children also pray to Kishimojin to help them become pregnant. Originally, Hariti was a cannibalistic demon. She had hundreds of children whom she loved and doted upon, but to feed them, she abducted and killed the children of others. Buddhist
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"Hospitalis"		 Roman The guardian or protector of the law of hospitality, the title is applied to a distinct clåśś of gods, though their names are not mentioned. The great protector of hospitality was Jupiter, at Rome called Jupiter hospitalis. Roman
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"Huehuetotl (old god)"		 Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico God of fire. Associated with paternalism and one of the group clåśśed as the XIUHTECUHTLI complex....
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"Huisiniamui"		 Peru A god of the Sun and sky. He invented vegetation, but was also fond of headhunting and cannibalism. Peru
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"Inta"		 Aztec God of fire who is åśśociated with paternalism. Aztec
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"Intal (gods their father)"		 Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico God of fire. Associated with paternalism and one of the group clåśśed as the XIUHTECUHTLI complex....
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"Ixcozauhqui"		 Aztec Associated with paternalism & A god of fire
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"Ixcozauhqui (yellow face in the house)"		 Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mex ico God of fire. Associated with paternalism and one of the group clåśśed as the XIUHTECUHTLI complex....
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"Juga Or Jugalis"		 Greek That is, the goddess of marriage, occurs as a surname of Juno, in the same sense as the Greek Zygia.
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"Juggernaut or Jaggernaut"		 Crow The Hindu god Jagganath. The word is a corruption of the Sanscrit jagannatha (lord of the world). The temple of this god is in a town of the same name in Orissa. king Ayeen Akbery sent a learned Brahman to look out a site for a temple. The Brahman wandered about for many days, and then saw a crow dive into the water, and having washed, made obeisance to the element. This was selected as the site of the temple. While the temple was a-building the rajah had a prophetic dream, telling him that the true form of Vishnu should be revealed to him in the morning. When the rajah went to see the temple he beheld a log of wood in the water, and this log he accepted as the realisation of his dream, enshrined it in the temple, and called it Jagannath.
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"Kalisia"		 Pygmy / Zaire / Congo A creator god that is the guardian of hunters & the jungle Forests
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"Kalisia"		 Pigmy / Democratic Republic of Congo / Congo, central Africa Creator god. The guardian of hunters and the jungle Forests. Pigmy hunters invoke the god with special rituals and he delivers dream messages identifying the location of game....
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"Kalisia Pygmy"		 Congo Creator god who is the guardian of hunters and the jungle Forests Congo / Zaire
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"Loko"		 Fon / Benin, West Africa God of trees. The brother of the hearth goddess AYABA. Invoked particularly by herbalists before obtaining Medicines from the bark and leaves of Forest trees....
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